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The inscriptions at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition

Page 10 The inscriptions at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition

We may see in these lines the poet speaking as the per¬ sonification and representative of the Aryan race—the race which, having its origin in Asia, has, by virtue of the spirit of conquest, the desire to be forever "seeking what is yet unfound," finally reached the western edge of the American continent, whence, "facing west from California's shores," Aryan civilization looks "towards the house of maternity, the land of migrations" from which it originally sprang.
Walt Whitman was born at West Hill, Long Island, May 31, 1819. As a youth he followed the printer's trade, and wrote what he himself called "sentimental bits." Later he taught school, and also had a varied career as carpenter and journalist. For a time he was editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. He once made a journey on foot to various parts of the United States and Canada. During the war he acted as a volunteer nurse in the hospitals at Washington. He was appointed to a clerkship in the Department of the In¬ terior by President Lincoln, but was removed by Secre¬ tary Harland, on account of the character of his poetry. In 1874 he was stricken with paralysis. He lived the rest of his life at Camden, New Jersey. He died March 26, 1892.
Inscription No. 11. Court of the Universe; Arch of the Setting Sun, east side, facing court. Panel at right of attic.
(Spain)
TRUTH - WITNESS OF THE PAST COUN¬ CILLOR OF THE PRESENT GUIDE OF THE FUTURE -Cervantes.
This passage, which occurs in the ninth chapter of the first book of "Don Quixote," has to do with truth as re¬ vealed through history.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born at Alcala de Her- nares, Spain, on or about September 29, 1547. After receiv¬ ing his education at the universities of Salamanca and Ma¬ drid, he became a soldier, and was wounded at the famous battle of Lepanto in 1571. In 1575 he was captured by an Algerine corsair and taken as a slave to Algiers. He was ransomed for five hundred ducats and returned to Madrid, where he began the active literary career which he pursued until his death, on April 23, 1616, on which day Shake¬ speare also died.
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We may see in these lines the poet speaking as the per¬ sonification and representative of the Aryan race—the race which, having its origin in Asia, has, by virtue of the spirit of conquest, the desire to be forever "seeking what is yet unfound," finally reached the western edge of the American continent, whence, "facing west from California's shores," Aryan civilization looks "towards the house of maternity, the land of migrations" from which it originally sprang.
Walt Whitman was born at West Hill, Long Island, May 31, 1819. As a youth he followed the printer's trade, and wrote what he himself called "sentimental bits." Later he taught school, and also had a varied career as carpenter and journalist. For a time he was editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. He once made a journey on foot to various parts of the United States and Canada. During the war he acted as a volunteer nurse in the hospitals at Washington. He was appointed to a clerkship in the Department of the In¬ terior by President Lincoln, but was removed by Secre¬ tary Harland, on account of the character of his poetry. In 1874 he was stricken with paralysis. He lived the rest of his life at Camden, New Jersey. He died March 26, 1892.
Inscription No. 11. Court of the Universe; Arch of the Setting Sun, east side, facing court. Panel at right of attic.
(Spain)
TRUTH - WITNESS OF THE PAST COUN¬ CILLOR OF THE PRESENT GUIDE OF THE FUTURE -Cervantes.
This passage, which occurs in the ninth chapter of the first book of "Don Quixote," has to do with truth as re¬ vealed through history.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born at Alcala de Her- nares, Spain, on or about September 29, 1547. After receiv¬ ing his education at the universities of Salamanca and Ma¬ drid, he became a soldier, and was wounded at the famous battle of Lepanto in 1571. In 1575 he was captured by an Algerine corsair and taken as a slave to Algiers. He was ransomed for five hundred ducats and returned to Madrid, where he began the active literary career which he pursued until his death, on April 23, 1616, on which day Shake¬ speare also died.
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